New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-05
STORY OF ONE OF THE PASSENGERS.

A CRASH THAT WAS THOUGHT 10 BIZ An EAhlt-
QUAKE-sCENEs AT THE WRECK.
TOLEDO, Ohio Jan. 4.-Charles p TOwle and wife, OF
Detroit who were the wrecked train this morning.
passed through at aud Mr. TOwle gives the fol-
lowing account Of the disaster: At 215 this morning he
awakened by being thrown violently from his BERTH
The train consisted OF the engine baggage car one coach
and sleeping II into collision with an east
bound eight which saeda mile west of Republic and
eight miles east OF Tiifn. The two engines were
wrecked The forward sleeping elescoped the bag
gage ear so completely that the two crushed into
the space OF The two secpers did not leave the
track The teescoped cara caught fire from the stove
and the mangled and crushed passengers. imprisoned
in the shattered wreck, shrieked In agony as
the flames proceeded with the work of
destruction. The engineer and fireman OF the
freight eaped and saved themselves before the collision
Engineer Eastman, OF the express, had Lee broken ana
sustained severe wound in the shoulder MS nremah
caught between the cncne and tender and ded I'D
few minutes The uniured passengers ana the resdens
Of the neigborhood set to work to aid the wounded pas
sengers In the burning cars rescung all VINO couhi
be reached UP to the time Mr i1we ei%bt rbt
ssa Gs Sas, ~sh ha Deen was taken from the
Tie of the express thrown through the
er. who was sitting by his side was instantly
killed No one in the sleepng-'ars was injured Ill the
sister of General Logan. and was with ner son charles,
returning from the Generals funeral Tie sho'k was so
an cartbanake. and we're soon at the scene OF the
wreck. In the confusion OF the wreck a hot dispute
disaster II appeared that the freight train was running
the time Of the express The engineer was heard 70
remark that left the last siding with only thirty
pounds steam and the up grade east OF Ithn bis
engine went back him." and the train stalled. No
danger signals sent out ahead and the express run
ming M fun speed down grade and around curve,
ha, warning OF impending danger until an instant De-
fore the collision.
The disaster Republic naturally recalls TO nlnd the
terrible occurrence at Ashtabula, Ohio, almost exactly
ten years ago. which in its results esembled the present
accident though It's different II was at about
O'Clock on the evening OF Friday, December 3, 1875
that the Pacific the Lake Shore Railroad broke
through bridge tho Ashtabna Clock There
were two engines and eleven cars In the tran westward
bound As the lcad locomotive rolled upon the west
ern ahutmcnt Of the bridge the span FELL ana the rest OF
the train plunged into the chas To the creek sixty leei
below The in the creek about six feet deep anu
there nearly foot NJ ice on the surface Upon ana
through the the crashed breaking ana Crushing rs
they fell and their destruction was completed by
the fire that was quickly kindcd from the overturned
and broken There the train l2s passen
gers train hands OF the passengers only
zXtythrre rescued and three OF them died soon
after Only nine employees were taken ont alive anu one
OF them did long survive The dcatholl thus reached
the aggregate Of seventy uine among whom were r. r.
Bliss the rcyiynis and his wife. coroners jury afer
long anl care ll rendered verdict 10 the
effect that the bridge defective In construction, that
the heating apparatus OF the cars was Improperly ar
rsUg,s and that the persons VINO arrived rst al te
responsible for not putting ont the
they only possessed sufficient presence OF nina 70 use